Text of President Barack Obama's remarks at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, site of a significant World War I battle in northwest Belgium, as provided by the White House: Your Majesty ...
The Germans killed Raymond Webber when he was 22, George Zellers when he was 25. Both are buried in Flanders Field American Military Cemetery in Belgium. Both have Lancaster connections, and both are ...
In a quiet corner of Belgium, tucked into what is now a residential area, behind a low brick wall and evergreen hedge and just beyond an avenue of stately Linden trees, 368 American soldiers are ...
WAREGEM, Belgium—President Barack Obama is paying tribute to American troops who died a century ago in the struggle to save Europe in World War I. Obama has laid a wreath at a memorial at Flanders ...
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS SET TO HONOR SEVERAL HUNDRED AMERICANS WHO DIED IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR ONE WHEN HE VISITS FLANDERS FIELD AMERICAN CEMETERY IN BELGIUM ON WEDNESDAY. FLANDERS FIELD IS THE ...
WAREGEM, Belgium (AP) — Pvt. Wesley Creech could no longer hide the darkness of his thoughts as he longed for his wife Carzetta and 5-month-old daughter Marie: “If I never see you and Marie any more ...
WAREGEM, Belgium — President Barack Obama reached back 100 years to reinforce the U.S.-European bond, calling for a recommitment to peace Wednesday during a solemn pilgrimage to a World War I cemetery ...
BRUSSELS -- Over 50 scouts from across Belgium converged in Waregem, a city located in the heart of Flanders Fields, Belgium, Nov. 11 at the eleventh hour, to honor veterans during the 99th ...
When I first visited Flanders Fields several years ago, it was springtime. A gentle sun and puffs of soft breezes ruffled the famous red poppies among the gravestones, giving the well-kept cemeteries ...
HEIDELBERG, Germany -- Armed with brushes, sponges and water buckets, Heidelberg's Boy Scout Troop 59 traveled 325 miles to Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem, Belgium, Nov. 4-5.